White Plastic Toilet Seat Hinge Replacement with Bolts Screw and Nuts

So the plastic hinge of your toilet seat broke after 20 years. What to do? Wife: "new toilet seat. Duh." Me: "Just new hinge - easy to install - then we're not dumping more trash into the landfill, AND it's 1/2 the cost." Yep. 1/2 the cost. For $20 - I can get a new seat with new hinges and that smooth (wonderful?) "nobody's ever sat here before" sensation (at least once). Yeh. $20. I'd probably go this way next time. Challenges: a) Screws - cheap, and I'm not sure what size they are, but a small PH bit was too small and a bigger one was too big. Two of the four screws were stripped by the time I got them 3/4 installed. So I had to use a hack saw to cut them and vice grips to remove them (heads removed), and then I epoxied the holes they left - and used my own screws. Time invested so far: 45 minutes (44 minutes too many). b) Instructions. Sparse. My old hinge was broken and gone - so I couldn't model the new install. Took me a few minutes to figure out what went where. c) Unlike others, I had no trouble with the bolts. Snug and easy to install. A large flathead screwdriver worked for the last 1/2 turn.

Worked great, saved me about $50 on a new toilet seat! I was trying to replace a toilet seat on a diminutive toilet in the preschool I do maintenance at and I couldn’t find the correct size of toilet seat, even the smallest round seat was way too large. I decided to try these hinges to replace the broken ones on the original toilet seat and they fit perfectly saving me approximately $50 for a new toilet seat from a plumbing supply warehouse that wasn’t correct anyway!

These hinges, while not identical to (the design may have changed over the years; our hinges were open ended on the outsides, but otherwise literally identical in configuration and placement) to the original hinges found in our Raritan PHII marine toilet seat by Bemis, they were a direct replacement. Thus it was a matter of removing the old hinges and installing the new ones, over the same holes in the seat and lid, with the exactly right spacing. In ours, having been installed for some years in a marine environment, the screws securing the seat hinge were sufficiently rusted that I had to break the remaining portion of the hinge in order to grab the screw head, instantly having stripped when I'd attempted a screwdriver, with a pliers and turn it out that way. The lid's screws were not so degraded, so they came out without a fight. In all cases, however, the provided screws were slightly larger than the originals, and the molded receiver holes in the hinges were the TINIEST bit closer together than the original. So, in prep for installation, I first used the plastic end of my screwdriver to flatten the slight bulge in the wood where the original screws had pulled up the surface when tightened. Inserting the new screws carefully (turning them backwards, gently, allowing me to feel the 'clunk' as the thread matched up, and starting from there), they bit firmly, but not so much that it was difficult to install them. The slight difference in on-center distance did not prove troublesome in the end, as the molded holes under the receiver (the part into which the head of the screw would go) were large enough to take up that slack, and all the screws fit firmly and seated without any drama. Great. New hinges. No drilling! Let's install this seat! Well, given that even marine toilets have a relatively large hole into which to thread a provided nylon or similar bolt, the provided bolts easily slid through to the bottom. That's where it got interesting, and the reason for this being only 4 stars. The nylon bolts were only what I'd expected in that they were not metal. The pitch and diameter of the bolts was the same as the previous set. But the heads and the nuts were not. The provided seat bolts were a sad attempt at a match, given the near-identical nature of the rest of the package. I installed them, none the less, but the available engagement on the head, a ~1/4" cross-shaped pair of slots (NOT a Phillips head) was so small that while I could get a substantial flat-head screwdriver into the slots, they were not stout enough to provide the needed torque to make the seat stable on the stool. Worse, like most toilets, the underside of the stool's receiver is conical in shape. The provided nuts had a small raised circle - VERY short rise - presumed to center the nut. Nope, no way, no how, at least on my toilet. Combine that with the fact that, in the course of trying to get the seat stabilized, the bolt head crosses were now mangled and becoming useless. Even holding the bolt (no turning effort from the top) and attempting hand tightening (I have big hands and hand strength, so put a fair amount of tension on the bolt in the process) would not allow the seat to stabilize. Fortunately, I was careful in the removal of the old set of seat bolts. Those had a proper wide head (the better to engage more surface in your tool on the bolt head) which, even better, had a 1/2" hex nut cast into it, and a conical nut. I soon had the seat absolutely stable: I could not move it, to the degree that I feared for the new hinges if I pressed the matter. In practical use, it has proven stable. So, to summarize: Awesome direct replacement for my Bemis Marine Toilet seat. 5 stars Nice new, slightly larger, Stainless Steel screws to attach hinges to seat and lid. 5 stars Great value for money - mostly in that, from another reviewer, I knew they'd match. 5 stars Durability - based on our usage of the seat in question, when they were installed before we bought the boat 15 years ago - excellent, despite their relatively small size. However, they did break, under mere normal use. Therefore, only 3 Stars HORRIBLE seat bolts. Nearly worthless. If there was a turd-pile selection instead of stars, it would get them. As there is no modus for those, nor zero stars, 1 star. Note that this is the sole 'real' complaint that I have. I would recommend securing a set of seat bolts with a single large slot (such that you could use a US quarter dollar piece on the top) and/or a hex head, and 45 degree conical nuts, if you ever intend sitting or twisting on the seat held by this set of hinges. Otherwise, two things will happen. Inevitably, the seat will shift, which is a bit disconcerting. And, eventually, you'll sufficiently stress the hinges that one of them will break. We live on a boat, and are out of the US when this occurred. A guest brought the replacements I'd sent to her home, with her. That meant that, though I had replacement hinges, I would not have easy access to other seat bolts. Fortunately, the ones I removed from the prior hinges worked. Had that not been the case, being a belt-and-suspenders kind of guy, I also had a set of toilet seat bolts in my plumbing bin. But you may not. Be prepared to either have a true set on hand, or to have to go fetch. Of course, Amazon has the right stuff, if you wanted to combine orders. Their Comfort Seats C200Hex Plastic Replacement Bolts and Nuts for Top Mounts, White have the requisite means of secure tightening: a hex head top, and a full conical bottom nut. Current URL for that product is: https://smile.amazon.com/Comfort-Seats-C200Hex-Plastic-Replacement/dp/B00E1NEQYS/ That aside, I'm thrilled.

It was a perfect replacement.

If you’re replacing “in kind” these hinges are fine. If not, just buy a new seat and save yourself a lot of hassle!

Took longer to remove the old corroded hinges than to install the new ones! Couple of comments about other reviews. One reviewer mentioned that the screws were not stainless...well, the ones I got ARE stainless steel. No chance of rusting or corroding (which was the problem with the original hinges I got with the seat). Another reviewer mentioned that the hinges left the rear of the seat (when in the down position) off the toilet bowl and was afraid of breaking the plastic hinges when sitting on it. That sounds like a problem with his seat, not the hinges.. My seat has feet on it that it sits on the bowl with, and takes ALL the load off the hinges when down. As far as the installation, my old hinges had horizontal screw holes, and the new ones are vertical. But that was no problem, as the seat had three holes in it (only two were used) for each hinge, and one of each of the three lined up perfectly with the back holes in the new hinges. So, I mounted the seat in the existing holes, using just one screw per hinge, then after mounting it, could easily drill the locations as needed, using the remaining holes in the hinges as a perfect guide. One slight difference is that the new hinges are a little bit longer than the old ones, and the seat now sits about 3/8 of an inch forward of it's former location. All the feet on the seat still sit firmly on the bowl, though. So no problem. (The picture shows only 7 screws...it came with 8 screws.) All in all a very easy job, and I can think of a couple of friends who could use the new hinges as well. And I'll probably be installing them!

It is what they say it is and it fit ! Doesn't get any better !!

This set of hinges was used on a Jabsco manual pump head with a Bemis seat in a marine environment. Fit to both parts of the seat was exact - no re-drilling needed. Since it was an exact fit I preferred to use original screws rather than the ones supplied. Not that this was a problem but replacement screw heads were different and I just didn't spend the time to determine if anything else was different about them. So, what came out went right back in. The hinges also appear to be of at least equal quality to the originals. Obviously, since this is a new install I can't comment on the durability. Now for a bit of criticism: I originally installed the repaired seat using the supplied nylon nuts and bolts. The problem I encountered was the nuts did not allow the seat to be held firmly in place. I had tried various methods of tightening to the point where I feared any more I would risk stripping the threads. As it was I did begin to round out the Philips head on one bolt. Reverting back to the original nuts and bolts solved the problem. This problem could be a function of toilet design but even if this true then the nuts have a limited scope of application. The original nuts have a convex face that better serves to both center and secure the seat to the bowl. The supplied nuts, may or may not be a problem for traditional applications but it was for me on the Jabsco toilet. Overall though, I was exceptionally pleased with fit to seat, quality and price. Even with the nut shortcoming, I recommend this product and will buy it again should I encounter a similar failure with the house toilets.

Excellent for boating toilet

オリジナルパーツと変わらぬ部材と品質で、助かりました！

The screw holes lined up correctly with the holes in the old lid.

Was exactly what I wanted. Replaced the old hardware with no problems

The holes are in a different pattern than what is shown on the photo. Unusable.